Chapter 61: A New Name
Felixa could see the man had lost half his weight in these few days he was not fed properly. He has aged a decade and his hair has greyed. She still didn’t feel any pity for him.
"I know she’s not your daughter!"
Before Felixa could say one more word, Maximus’ conceited voice echoed in the halls. Felixa looked at Maximus with her eyes wide open. She wanted to protect the honor of Wispy’s mother but now Maximus is reinforcing that worm’s accusation.
[Wispy is not his daughter? How can he say that?]
Felixa fisted her hands. As she was about to confront Maximus, he continued with his tone filled with pride and disgust.
"But a gardener’s daughter?" Maximus scoffed. "Who was the gardener? Icabod, son of Galarder?" he asked.
Felixa saw the kneeling man stumbling as he heard that name. She turned to look at Maximus and he wrapped his arm around her and pulled her closer to him.
"No... please..." Claude bowed his head in shame and he started to look around.
"Why? As I’ve heard, you are infertile and the Duchess adopted a baby girl they found in the abandoned farm. It was your other wife who gave birth to the children of the gardener named Icabod."
Felixa looked at Maximus and she was filled with shock. She learned from Flavia that her past home is colloquially known as the abandoned farm.
[So Wispy’s mother found her there..? There are monsters and suffering there. How did a baby get there? Wispy? Considering my past and my vow to find Tubby again... shouldn’t that be me?]
A chill passed through her spine. She was under the belief that she is sharing the body of someone else. But what if she is not the one sharing? What if the other person is the one occupying her body? But why would someone occupy someone else’s body to only suffer and get abused?